Final Countdown
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I've watched this film hundreds of times, and I've never noticed the A-6 cockpit shots - it makes perfect sense. Another 'fun' fact is that, though set in the Pacific off Hawaii the film was actually shot in the Atlantic.
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Out of interest, did any US F14s pass into private hands when they went OOS?
Apparently the Iranians still have some airworthy, but I doubt I will be anywhere to see one of them in the air. Always had ‘an affinity’ with the F14 but can’t actually remember seeing one airborne!
Apparently the Iranians still have some airworthy, but I doubt I will be anywhere to see one of them in the air. Always had ‘an affinity’ with the F14 but can’t actually remember seeing one airborne!
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From: The back of beyond
Out of interest, did any US F14s pass into private hands when they went OOS?
Apparently the Iranians still have some airworthy, but I doubt I will be anywhere to see one of them in the air. Always had ‘an affinity’ with the F14 but can’t actually remember seeing one airborne!
Apparently the Iranians still have some airworthy, but I doubt I will be anywhere to see one of them in the air. Always had ‘an affinity’ with the F14 but can’t actually remember seeing one airborne!
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From: Planet Earth
A great flick, with an interesting plot and superb air to air action
Another film from that era with some fun flying scenes was ‘ Capricorn one’
The plot revolves around a fake moon landing filmed in a studio (standard millennial
stuff)
Somehow there’s a risk of the farce being uncovered and the three, apparently real astronauts have to run for their lives, NASA wants them eliminated to keep the story under wraps as they’ve announced them deceased in a tragic accident, it would be embarrassing if they showed up
A Learjet is stolen to escape in and later there’s an excellent air to air chase in the Grand Canyon involving armed MD500s
pursuing a Stearman
Great stuff, one of the astronauts was OJ Simpson, before he started murdering people !
Another film from that era with some fun flying scenes was ‘ Capricorn one’
The plot revolves around a fake moon landing filmed in a studio (standard millennial
stuff)
Somehow there’s a risk of the farce being uncovered and the three, apparently real astronauts have to run for their lives, NASA wants them eliminated to keep the story under wraps as they’ve announced them deceased in a tragic accident, it would be embarrassing if they showed up
A Learjet is stolen to escape in and later there’s an excellent air to air chase in the Grand Canyon involving armed MD500s
pursuing a Stearman
Great stuff, one of the astronauts was OJ Simpson, before he started murdering people !
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From: The back of beyond
The plot revolves around a fake moon landing filmed in a studio (standard millennial
stuff)
stuff)
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From: In the shadow of R101
Out of interest, did any US F14s pass into private hands when they went OOS?
Apparently the Iranians still have some airworthy, but I doubt I will be anywhere to see one of them in the air. Always had ‘an affinity’ with the F14 but can’t actually remember seeing one airborne!
Apparently the Iranians still have some airworthy, but I doubt I will be anywhere to see one of them in the air. Always had ‘an affinity’ with the F14 but can’t actually remember seeing one airborne!
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From: The Alps
Yep I’ve got it on iTunes ....filmed like the Bruce Willis flick Tears Of the Sun...filmed in Hawaii (J-B Pearl- Hickam when Industrialist turns up in limo) off the Atlantic Coast (NAS Key West for opening for Final Countdown and flying scenes done in Atlantic while and for Tears Of the Sun ...somewhere off Norfolk / Atlantic Coast in opening scenes) .
interesting the hangars at Key West meant to be at Barbers Point are painted with Naval Station Pearl Harbour not Barners Point for the movie (with RA-5C being towed out).
Filming on board USS Nimitz was kinda cut short as Iranian hostage situation kick off on so Nimitz had to rush to the Med then Arabian Gulf for Eagle Claw.
cheers
interesting the hangars at Key West meant to be at Barbers Point are painted with Naval Station Pearl Harbour not Barners Point for the movie (with RA-5C being towed out).
Filming on board USS Nimitz was kinda cut short as Iranian hostage situation kick off on so Nimitz had to rush to the Med then Arabian Gulf for Eagle Claw.
cheers
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Birds of Prey 73
Heli traffic reporter chases bank robbers in a Heli, even both of them flying a Heli around inside a hangar shooting at each other!
Heli traffic reporter chases bank robbers in a Heli, even both of them flying a Heli around inside a hangar shooting at each other!
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IIRC, this is the first Hollywood movie or tv series that one sees F-14 appear so from ones memory on screen, in chronological order...
Raise The Titanic : Dirk Pitt (played by the late Richard Jordan) calls on the 'surprise package' when Prevlov and his KGB entourage threaten the NUMA / Navy crew if they dont hand over the Titanic. Package is a
pair of F-14A plus one SSN.
Airwolf Season 1 Episode 1: Shadow Of The Hawke: Film footage of (laughingly Jolyl Rogers) taking off from a CVN off the Libyan coast when Archangel and Faye are on board monitoring Hawke's mission o recover
'The Lady'
Top Gun
The Hunt For The Red October: F-14A action on baord carrier when Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin turns up in SH-3H)
Navy SEALS:: opening scene of CVN and F-14 on deck
The Finest Hour: CNN footage of F-14A/D taking off during Desert Shield/Storm
Clear And Present Danger: When the F/A-18A (CAG bird with LGB) comes up on the elevator , can see the rest of the CVW on deck including the F-14.
JAG: see various footage of F-14 taken from Top Gun and other archive footage throughout series.
Executive Decision: Once again the Jolly Rogers come to the rescue lol in escorting ready to shoot down the hijacked 747.
Robin Cook's Invasion: (medical thriller albeit with ET/Sueprnatural element apart from usual autopsy tables, hospital sysnonymous with his books and film) film foorage of F-14 intercepting UFO
Behind Enemy Lines: Blink and you will miss it when Burnett's F/A18 is launched, they change different views of the flight deck ....see F-14 launched.
NCIS: various footage again some from Top Gun and other news stories, documentaries.
Cheers
Raise The Titanic : Dirk Pitt (played by the late Richard Jordan) calls on the 'surprise package' when Prevlov and his KGB entourage threaten the NUMA / Navy crew if they dont hand over the Titanic. Package is a
pair of F-14A plus one SSN.
Airwolf Season 1 Episode 1: Shadow Of The Hawke: Film footage of (laughingly Jolyl Rogers) taking off from a CVN off the Libyan coast when Archangel and Faye are on board monitoring Hawke's mission o recover
'The Lady'
Top Gun
The Hunt For The Red October: F-14A action on baord carrier when Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin turns up in SH-3H)
Navy SEALS:: opening scene of CVN and F-14 on deck
The Finest Hour: CNN footage of F-14A/D taking off during Desert Shield/Storm
Clear And Present Danger: When the F/A-18A (CAG bird with LGB) comes up on the elevator , can see the rest of the CVW on deck including the F-14.
JAG: see various footage of F-14 taken from Top Gun and other archive footage throughout series.
Executive Decision: Once again the Jolly Rogers come to the rescue lol in escorting ready to shoot down the hijacked 747.
Robin Cook's Invasion: (medical thriller albeit with ET/Sueprnatural element apart from usual autopsy tables, hospital sysnonymous with his books and film) film foorage of F-14 intercepting UFO
Behind Enemy Lines: Blink and you will miss it when Burnett's F/A18 is launched, they change different views of the flight deck ....see F-14 launched.
NCIS: various footage again some from Top Gun and other news stories, documentaries.
Cheers
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From: Everett, WA
Although I suspect that time travel truly is impossible - to many unresolvable issues with 'changing history'.
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Back to Thread.............
For those unfamiliar with cinemas in the USA, the audience tends to be more interactive than the reserved audiences in UK cinemas.
I was on exchange with the USN in California when this movie was released, and went to see it in a cinema in San Diego.
San Diego was (still is??) a Navy town, and the audience was mostly USN matelots, wearing "Nimitz" baseball caps.
When Kirk Douglas said "Splash the Zeros" the place erupted in cheers and Yahoos and other expletives.
It was brilliant!.
I still love watching the flying scenes, and I still think the F-14 was a magnificent beast. I even still like watching Top Gun, SOT that I am!
I only got to fly in an F-14 once - but it was from NIMITZ in the Gulf - and it was all I could have hoped for!
For those unfamiliar with cinemas in the USA, the audience tends to be more interactive than the reserved audiences in UK cinemas.
I was on exchange with the USN in California when this movie was released, and went to see it in a cinema in San Diego.
San Diego was (still is??) a Navy town, and the audience was mostly USN matelots, wearing "Nimitz" baseball caps.
When Kirk Douglas said "Splash the Zeros" the place erupted in cheers and Yahoos and other expletives.
It was brilliant!.
I still love watching the flying scenes, and I still think the F-14 was a magnificent beast. I even still like watching Top Gun, SOT that I am!
I only got to fly in an F-14 once - but it was from NIMITZ in the Gulf - and it was all I could have hoped for!
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From: The Alps
Back to Thread.............
For those unfamiliar with cinemas in the USA, the audience tends to be more interactive than the reserved audiences in UK cinemas.
I was on exchange with the USN in California when this movie was released, and went to see it in a cinema in San Diego.
San Diego was (still is??) a Navy town, and the audience was mostly USN matelots, wearing "Nimitz" baseball caps.
When Kirk Douglas said "Splash the Zeros" the place erupted in cheers and Yahoos and other expletives.
It was brilliant!.
I still love watching the flying scenes, and I still think the F-14 was a magnificent beast. I even still like watching Top Gun, SOT that I am!
I only got to fly in an F-14 once - but it was from NIMITZ in the Gulf - and it was all I could have hoped for!
For those unfamiliar with cinemas in the USA, the audience tends to be more interactive than the reserved audiences in UK cinemas.
I was on exchange with the USN in California when this movie was released, and went to see it in a cinema in San Diego.
San Diego was (still is??) a Navy town, and the audience was mostly USN matelots, wearing "Nimitz" baseball caps.
When Kirk Douglas said "Splash the Zeros" the place erupted in cheers and Yahoos and other expletives.
It was brilliant!.
I still love watching the flying scenes, and I still think the F-14 was a magnificent beast. I even still like watching Top Gun, SOT that I am!
I only got to fly in an F-14 once - but it was from NIMITZ in the Gulf - and it was all I could have hoped for!
What did you fly on exchange?
Cheers